Beautiful Louisville, Kentucky - America's Friendliest City

A 1938 book featuring information on "America's Friendliest City" and Curt Teich postcard prints.

Motel Monday: Ladies on Diving Boards!

I spent a majority of the morning digging through In The Heart of Downtown trying to figure out a theme for this week's Motel Monday post. After an hour of banging my head, I determined that I was going to share postcards of pools. For some reason, i decided that was "too easy," so I narrowed it down from there to people around the pool and then slimmed it down to nothing but motel postcards featuring ladies on diving boards. These ladies appear to have no desire to actually go in to the pool, just pose and look pretty for the camera to help drum up some business.
Enough of my ramblings, I now present to you: LADIES ON DIVING BOARDS

The Nautilus Motel - Cape Coral, Florida

Horse Cave Motel - Horse Cave, Kentucky

Skyport Lodge Motel - Inglewood, California

Bidwell's Motel and Apts. - Pocatello, Idaho

Empress Motel - Atlantic City, New Jersey

Flamingo Motel - Anaheim, California

Sea Castle Motel - St. Petersburg, Florida

Holiday Motel - Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

George Washington Motor Lodge - King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

Texan Motel and Lodge - Lake George, New York

Town and Country Motel - Pecos, Texas

Desert Inn Resort Motel - Miami Beach, Florida

Sahara Motor Hotel - Blythe, California

Motel Monday: Colonial Times

co·lo·ni·al  (k-ln-l)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, possessing, or inhabiting a colony or colonies.

2. often Colonial

a. Of or relating to the 13 British colonies that became the original United States of America.

b. Of or relating to the colonial period in the United States.

3. often Colonial Of, relating to, or being a style of architecture and furniture prevalent in the American colonies just before and during the Revolution

These motels mainly center around the architectural meaning. While not flashy, these really scream "down home" and I bet that's what the moteliers were trying to convey.

Colonial Statler Hilton Inn - Wakefield,  Massachusetts

Colonial Motel - St. Augustine, Florida